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- This invention relates to drive assemblies, and in particular, but without limitation, to geared, motorised drives.
- a geared drive arrangement between a rotary actuator, such as an electric motor, and an output. This can be achieved, in many situations, by direct gearing, a pulley system or a combination of the two, to obtain a desired gearing ratio between the actuator and output.
- JPS6323064 [FANUC LTD, 30 January 1988], which discloses a twin pulley belt arrangement in which the pulley belts can be offset to bias pinion gears in opposite directions, and means for tensioning both pulley belts in unison; US3397589 [MOORE, 20 August 1968]; and EP0426859 [FANUC LTD, 15 May 1991], which discloses a single pulley belt system with an idler, which tensions the pulley belt uniformly so as to bias a slave pinion gear in an opposite direction to a master pinion gear.
- Backlash is a common problem in geared drives, whereby there can be a tendency for the surfaces of the meshing teeth to slip or play relative to one another, thus introducing play. Excessive paly manifests itself as generally undesirable backlash in particular when the driving direction is reversed.
- the gap 190 is opened up slightly, a high-friction, but nevertheless un-locked arrangement can be obtained, although the gap 190 re-introduces backlash.
- the inter-gear spacing 190 being as small as possible to reduce backlash and it being larger to free-up the system and allow the gears to mesh freely.
- the invention aims to provide a solution to one or more of the above problems.
- the tension in the first pulley belt portion ensures that the teeth of the driving and driven gears are maintained in contact by biasing their respective teeth into engagement, at all times, in use. This suitably reduces play in the drive assembly.
- pulley belt 22 is employed to bias the driving gears 14, 30 in opposite directions.
- the pulley belt 22 of Figure 6 illustrates how, by biasing the driving gears 14, 30 in opposite directions, their respective teeth 200, 210 can be brought into mating contact with the teeth 206, 214 of the driven gear 12.
- the driving gears 14, 30 are configured to drive the driven gears in opposite directions, but, as shall become clear from the following, a single rotary actuator may be used and still achieve the same effect by way of a tensioning pulley belt.
- the geared drive assembly additionally comprises a second driving gear that meshes with the driven gear.
- the first and second driving gears are configured, in use, to drive the driven gear in opposite directions.
- a single pulley belt is used to interconnect both driving gears with the first pulley wheel via the second, and a third, pulley wheel each being rigidly and coaxially connected to the driving, and second driving, gears respectively.
- the pulley belt in such a situation comprises three pulley belt portions, namely: a first pulley belt portion extending between the first and second pulley wheels that is tensioned; a second pulley belt portion that is substantially and/or relatively slack, in use; and a third pulley belt portion extending between the first and third pulley wheels that is tensioned.
- the rotary actuator may be bi-directional.
- a pair of pulley belts may be used.
- a first one of the pulley belts is used to interconnect first and second pulley wheels, as previously described.
- a second rotary actuator and pulley belt may thus be employed to drive the second driving gear, in which case the second pulley belt at least partially encircles a fourth pulley wheel of the second rotary actuator and the third pulley wheel.
- each pulley belt has a tensioned and a relatively slack portion, which are oppositely arranged so that the first rotary actuator, pulley belt and pair of pulley wheels can be used for driving the driven gear in one direction, and the second rotary actuator, pulley belt and pair of pulley wheels can be used for driving the driven gear in the opposite direction.
- the rotary actuators in such a configuration, are suitably unidirectional.
- the geared drive assembly comprises a driven gear arranged to mesh with a driving gear.
- the gears therefore comprise intermeshing teeth, which may be of any suitable configuration, although it is preferred to that they be part-helical, inclined or cross-axial gears to maximise their contact areas to facilitate transmission of forces from one gear to the other.
- the rotary actuator suitably comprises an electric motor, and optionally, a gearbox.
- the motor may comprise a stepper motor.
- the pulley belt comprises a toothed pulley belt to minimise slippage of the belt relative to the pulley wheels.
- the pulley wheels comprise teeth that are complimentary to those of the pulley belt.
- a pulley belt portion can be tensioned, in certain embodiments, by rotationally displacing one of the drive gears relative to the driven gear.
- the driven gear suitably comprises an annular gear having a through hole through which hole, in use, cables and the like, can pass.
- the invention may be particularly suitable for use in fine motor control situations, such as in the pan/tilt heads of camera support and manipulation devices, especially where backlash and play need to be minimised.
- a conventional motorised camera "pan/tilt head” typically comprises a heavy, complicated and expensive gearbox that is designed to minimise play and backlash. Such gearboxes impart a lot of drag, meaning that the motor needs to be over-sized relative to the output loads, which increases manufacturing cost, complexity and operating costs.
- a heavy motor and/or gearbox is undesirable, in particular with moving camera set-ups, where weight and inertia play a big role, such as in boom-mounted, overhead track-mounted, and hand-held cameras.
- inventions compared with known anti-backlash gearboxes, include: significant weight reductions, reduced complexity, reduced drag, smaller motor sizes, reduced part count, reduced play and backlash.
- embodiments of the invention may advantageously provide a lightweight, simple anti-backlash gearing assembly that can be used in camera mounting situations.
- a drive assembly 10 comprises an annular driven gear 12 whose teeth (not shown) intermesh with the teeth (not shown) of a driving gear (14).
- the outer radius of the driven gear 12 is much greater than that of the driving gear 14 giving rise to a large gear ratio between the two.
- the driven gear 12 is annular, having a large central opening 16 through which cables and the like (not shown), can pass, in use.
- the central hole 16 also reduces the weight of the gear assembly 10 by removing a lot of unnecessary material.
- the gears 12, 14 can be mounted for rotation about their respective axes on shafts, on or in tubes, or casements (not shown).
- the driving gear 14 is driven for rotation by a rotary actuator, such as an electric motor and gearbox assembly (not shown).
- the rotary actuator is arranged to rotate a first toothed pulley wheel 18 in the direction as indicated by arrow 20.
- a first, substantially inextensible, toothed pulley belt 22 engages the first pulley wheel 18 and a second toothed pulley wheel 24, which is rigidly and coaxially connected to the driving gear 14.
- the pulley belt 22 has a first tensioned portion 26 and a second slack portion 28, which serves to maintain the teeth of the driving 14 and driven 12 gears in constant contact, thereby reducing and/or eliminating play and/or backlash.
- a drive assembly 10 comprises a similar arrangement to that shown in Figure 1 , and identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition.
- a second driving gear 30 has been added, whose teeth (not shown) mesh with those of the annular driven gear 12.
- the second driving gear 30 is coaxially and rigidly affixed to a third toothed pulley wheel 32 in the same manner as the second toothed pulley wheel 14, 24.
- the pulley belt 22 extends around all three toothed pulley wheels 18, 24, 32 and comprises two tensioned portions 26 (extending between each the first and third pulley wheels 24, 32 and the first pulley wheel 18) and one slack portion 28 (extending between the first and third pulley wheels 24, 30).
- This configuration is arrived at by wrapping the pulley belt 22 around all three pulley wheels 18, 24, 32) and by rotating the second 24 and third 32 pulley wheels in opposite directions to tension both portions 26 of the pulley belt 22 as shown.
- the tension can then be "locked in”, by bringing the driving gears 14, 30 into meshing engagement with the driven gear 12 and releasing them to allow the tension in the pulley belt 22 to pull the teeth of the three gears 12, 14, 30 into constant mating engagement.
- the relatively slack portion 28 of the pulley belt 22 can be left loose, or the slack could be controlled by a lightly tensioned follower roller (not shown) that inhibits the jumping of the toothed pulley belt over the second 24 and third 32 pulley wheels.
- the rotary actuator is bi-directional, and so the first pulley wheel 18 can rotate in either direction, as shown by arrow 20.
- an adjustable pulley belt 22 tensioning roller 186 is provided to enable the tension 26 in the pulley belt 22 to be adjusted.
- the centre of the pulley wheel 18 is also adjustable 187 to effect adjustment of the tension 26 of the pulley belt 22. It will be appreciated, however that the additional adjustability provided by the tensioning roller 186 or the pulley wheel 18 adjuster 187 could be omitted.
- FIG. 3 Another embodiment of the drive assembly of the invention is shown in Figure 3 , which comprises all of the features previously described, and so identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition.
- the rotary actuators are unidirectional, and are arranged to drive the assembly 10 in opposite directions, as shown by arrows 20 and 36.
- the pulley belt 22 extends around all four pulley wheels 18, 24, 32, 34 and comprises three tensioned portions 26 between: the first 18 and second 24 pulley wheels; between the second 24 and third 32 pulley wheels; and between the third 32 and fourth 34 pulley wheels.
- the slack portion 28 is located between the first 18 and fourth 34 pulley wheels.
- Such an arrangement reduces backlash, and allows the drive assembly 10 to benefit from the advantages of unidirectional motors/gearboxes (not shown), which are considerably cheaper, less complicated, lower drag etc. than bidirectional gearboxes.
- FIG. 4 shows a yet further embodiment of the drive assembly of the invention, which comprises all of the features previously described, and so identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition.
- FIG 4 two unidirectional drive arrangements, similar to that shown in Figure 1 have been used to drive the driven gear 12 in both directions.
- Each pulley belt 22 has a tensioned 26 and a slack portion 28, as previously described, and so the driving gears' 14 teeth are maintained in constant contact with the teeth of the driven gear 12, thus reducing backlash and play.
- driving gears 14, 30 do not need to be coaxial with or unitary with their respective pulley wheels 24, 32, although this is a simple and thus preferred arrangement.
- additional gearing may be provided, if desired, between the driving gears 14, 30 and their respective pulley wheels 24, 32 and/or means may be provided for offsetting the gears and pulley wheels, as desired.
- the embodiment of the geared drive assembly of Figure 7 shows a yet further configuration in which the driven gear 12 is driven by a pair of driving gears 14, 30 that are independently driven by rotary actuators 180, 182 adapted to drive their respective driving gears 14, 30 in opposite directions.
- the driving gears 14, 30 are driven by the rotary actuators 180, 182 via additional gearing, although it will be appreciated that the driving gears 14, 30 could each be directly connected to the output shafts, say, of unidirectional motors.
- the pulley belt 22 is passive, that is to say, it does not transmit the driving force for the driving gears 14, 30, but merely serves to bias their respective teeth into engagement with the corresponding teeth of the driven gear 12, for example, as shown in Figure 6 .
- the pulley belt 22 extends around a pulley wheel 18 and has a tensioned portion 26 and a slack portion.
- the tension 26 can be obtained by adjusting 184 the centre of the pulley wheel 18, or using a tensioning roller 186, as shown.
- the arrangement of Figure 7 allows the driven gear 12 to be driven in opposite directions by the two driving gears 14, 34, which are either directly or indirectly driven by their respective rotary actuators 180, 182, whilst at the same time, the pulley belt 22 maintains driving gears in permanent mating engagement with the driven gear 12 along a preferred or ideal mating line for the gear geometry.
- FIG. 8 A yet further embodiment of a geared drive assembly in accordance with the invention is shown in Figure 8 , whereby the driving gears 14, 30 are arranged to mesh with secondary driving gears 17, 33, which are rigidly coaxial with a third set of tertiary driving gears 15, 31 that mesh with the driven gear 12.
- the pulley belt 22 comprises a pair of tensioned portions 26 extending between the driving gears 14, 30 and a first pulley wheel 18 that is driven to rotate directly by a bidirectional motor (not shown).
- the pulley belt 22 serves to bias the teeth of the driving gears 14, 30 into engagement from opposite directions, with the secondary driving gears 17, 33.
- the biasing force is thus transmitted to the tertiary driving gears 15, 31 which are thus biased into engagement, from opposite directions, with the teeth of the driven gear 12, as previously described.
- the biasing force of the pulley belt can be used to enable a single, bi-directional motor drive the driven gear 12 in opposite directions without backlash, in which the driving force is transmitted between the motor and the driven gear 12 via the pulley belt 22 and the driving gears 14, 30, secondary driving gears 17, 33 and the tertiary driving gears 15, 31.
- Such an arrangement conveniently provides for backlash-free gearing of the motor to the driven gear 12.
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- This invention relates to drive assemblies, and in particular, but without limitation, to geared, motorised drives.
- In many situations, it is necessary to provide a geared drive arrangement between a rotary actuator, such as an electric motor, and an output. This can be achieved, in many situations, by direct gearing, a pulley system or a combination of the two, to obtain a desired gearing ratio between the actuator and output.
- In order to obtain fine control of the output, it is often necessary to use a high gear ratio, which often requires the use of small pinion gears meshing with larger crown gears. Up to an extent, direct gearing provides a practical solution, but beyond certain limits, problems such as slippage, play and backlash can become apparent. Backlash, slippage and play in a fine-control gearing system is generally undesirable because it can introduce uncertainty and can lead to unpredictable outputs for given inputs.
- A known drive arrangement is described in Published Spanish patent application No:
ES2014819 - Other known anti-backlash gearing arrangements are described in:
JPS6323064 US3397589 [MOORE, 20 August 1968]; andEP0426859 [FANUC LTD, 15 May 1991], which discloses a single pulley belt system with an idler, which tensions the pulley belt uniformly so as to bias a slave pinion gear in an opposite direction to a master pinion gear. - Backlash is a common problem in geared drives, whereby there can be a tendency for the surfaces of the meshing teeth to slip or play relative to one another, thus introducing play. Excessive paly manifests itself as generally undesirable backlash in particular when the driving direction is reversed.
- This is shown in particular, with reference to
Figure 5 of the drawings, which shows a known gearing arrangement whereby a drivengear 12 meshes with a pair ofdriving gears Figure 5 that to achieve frictionless or low friction meshing of the gear teeth, asmall gap 190 is required between the teeth to allow their respective surfaces to clear one another as the teeth move into and out of engagement. Thissmall gap 190 is sufficient to create backlash or play in the system, especially during a reversal of the driving direction, in which case, the respective teeth will disengage (as shown inFigure 5 ) before opposite tooth surfaces engage as the gears begin to rotate in the opposite direction. - The known solution to the problem of backlash in geared systems is to move the
centres gap 190 slightly: the smaller the gap, the less backlash during reversal of direction. However, if thegear centres gap 190 entirely, that is to say, to eliminate any play in the system, it will be appreciated that both sides of a tooth of one of the gears will engage opposite faces of the valley of the other gear (the valley being the space between the teeth). Therefore, whilst moving thegear centres gap 190 is opened up slightly, a high-friction, but nevertheless un-locked arrangement can be obtained, although thegap 190 re-introduces backlash. As such, there is a competing requirement between the inter-gear spacing 190 being as small as possible to reduce backlash and it being larger to free-up the system and allow the gears to mesh freely. - The invention aims to provide a solution to one or more of the above problems.
- The invention is set forth in the appended independent claim. Various preferred features are set forth in the appended dependent claims.
- The tension in the first pulley belt portion ensures that the teeth of the driving and driven gears are maintained in contact by biasing their respective teeth into engagement, at all times, in use. This suitably reduces play in the drive assembly.
- This is illustrated schematically in
Figure 6 of the drawings wherebypulley belt 22 is employed to bias thedriving gears pulley belt 22 ofFigure 6 illustrates how, by biasing thedriving gears respective teeth teeth gear 12. - Specifically, in
Figure 6 , the right-hand side 198 of one of theteeth 200 of thefirst driving gear 14 is pulled into contact with the left-hand side 204 of thecorresponding tooth 206 of the drivengear 12. Likewise, the left-hand side 208 of one of theteeth 210 of thesecond driving gear 30 is pulled into contact with the right-hand side 212 of another one of theteeth 214 of the drivengear 12. Thus, whilst there is still agap 190 between the respective teeth of the respective gears (on the opposite side of theteeth ideal mating line 215 to minimise friction, any backlash in the system is reduced or eliminated by ensuring that the first 14 and second 30 driving gears are maintained, at all times, in meshing contact with the drivengear 12. - In the example of
Figure 6 , thedriving gears - The geared drive assembly additionally comprises a second driving gear that meshes with the driven gear. The first and second driving gears are configured, in use, to drive the driven gear in opposite directions.
- In the invention, a single pulley belt is used to interconnect both driving gears with the first pulley wheel via the second, and a third, pulley wheel each being rigidly and coaxially connected to the driving, and second driving, gears respectively. Suitably, the pulley belt in such a situation comprises three pulley belt portions, namely: a first pulley belt portion extending between the first and second pulley wheels that is tensioned; a second pulley belt portion that is substantially and/or relatively slack, in use; and a third pulley belt portion extending between the first and third pulley wheels that is tensioned. The rotary actuator may be bi-directional.
- In a second possible embodiment of the invention, a pair of pulley belts may be used. In such a situation, a first one of the pulley belts is used to interconnect first and second pulley wheels, as previously described. A second rotary actuator and pulley belt may thus be employed to drive the second driving gear, in which case the second pulley belt at least partially encircles a fourth pulley wheel of the second rotary actuator and the third pulley wheel. In this configuration, each pulley belt has a tensioned and a relatively slack portion, which are oppositely arranged so that the first rotary actuator, pulley belt and pair of pulley wheels can be used for driving the driven gear in one direction, and the second rotary actuator, pulley belt and pair of pulley wheels can be used for driving the driven gear in the opposite direction. The rotary actuators, in such a configuration, are suitably unidirectional.
- The geared drive assembly comprises a driven gear arranged to mesh with a driving gear. The gears therefore comprise intermeshing teeth, which may be of any suitable configuration, although it is preferred to that they be part-helical, inclined or cross-axial gears to maximise their contact areas to facilitate transmission of forces from one gear to the other.
- The rotary actuator suitably comprises an electric motor, and optionally, a gearbox. The motor may comprise a stepper motor.
- The pulley belt comprises a toothed pulley belt to minimise slippage of the belt relative to the pulley wheels. The pulley wheels comprise teeth that are complimentary to those of the pulley belt. A pulley belt portion can be tensioned, in certain embodiments, by rotationally displacing one of the drive gears relative to the driven gear.
- The driven gear suitably comprises an annular gear having a through hole through which hole, in use, cables and the like, can pass.
- The invention may be particularly suitable for use in fine motor control situations, such as in the pan/tilt heads of camera support and manipulation devices, especially where backlash and play need to be minimised. A conventional motorised camera "pan/tilt head" typically comprises a heavy, complicated and expensive gearbox that is designed to minimise play and backlash. Such gearboxes impart a lot of drag, meaning that the motor needs to be over-sized relative to the output loads, which increases manufacturing cost, complexity and operating costs. A heavy motor and/or gearbox is undesirable, in particular with moving camera set-ups, where weight and inertia play a big role, such as in boom-mounted, overhead track-mounted, and hand-held cameras.
- Possible advantages of the invention, compared with known anti-backlash gearboxes, include: significant weight reductions, reduced complexity, reduced drag, smaller motor sizes, reduced part count, reduced play and backlash. Thus, embodiments of the invention may advantageously provide a lightweight, simple anti-backlash gearing assembly that can be used in camera mounting situations.
- Preferred embodiments of the invention shall now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a drive assembly; -
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a drive assembly in accordance with the invention; -
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a drive assembly in accordance with the invention; -
Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of a drive assembly in accordance with the invention; -
Figure 5 shows a known gear driven gear meshing with a pair of driving gears; -
Figure 6 shows a driven gear meshing with a pair of driven gears biased in accordance with the invention; -
Figure 7 is a further embodiment of a drive assembly in accordance with the invention with a passive tensioning pulley and a pair of directly driven driving gears; and -
Figure 8 is a yet further embodiment of a drive assembly in accordance with the invention. - In
Figure 1 , adrive assembly 10 comprises an annular drivengear 12 whose teeth (not shown) intermesh with the teeth (not shown) of a driving gear (14). The outer radius of the drivengear 12 is much greater than that of thedriving gear 14 giving rise to a large gear ratio between the two. The drivengear 12 is annular, having a largecentral opening 16 through which cables and the like (not shown), can pass, in use. Thecentral hole 16 also reduces the weight of thegear assembly 10 by removing a lot of unnecessary material. Thegears - The
driving gear 14 is driven for rotation by a rotary actuator, such as an electric motor and gearbox assembly (not shown). The rotary actuator is arranged to rotate a firsttoothed pulley wheel 18 in the direction as indicated byarrow 20. A first, substantially inextensible,toothed pulley belt 22 engages thefirst pulley wheel 18 and a secondtoothed pulley wheel 24, which is rigidly and coaxially connected to thedriving gear 14. Thepulley belt 22 has a first tensionedportion 26 and asecond slack portion 28, which serves to maintain the teeth of the driving 14 and driven 12 gears in constant contact, thereby reducing and/or eliminating play and/or backlash. - In
Figure 2 , adrive assembly 10 comprises a similar arrangement to that shown inFigure 1 , and identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition. - In
Figure 2 , asecond driving gear 30 has been added, whose teeth (not shown) mesh with those of the annular drivengear 12. Thesecond driving gear 30 is coaxially and rigidly affixed to a thirdtoothed pulley wheel 32 in the same manner as the secondtoothed pulley wheel - This time, the
pulley belt 22 extends around all threetoothed pulley wheels third pulley wheels third pulley wheels 24, 30). This configuration is arrived at by wrapping thepulley belt 22 around all threepulley wheels portions 26 of thepulley belt 22 as shown. The tension can then be "locked in", by bringing the driving gears 14, 30 into meshing engagement with the drivengear 12 and releasing them to allow the tension in thepulley belt 22 to pull the teeth of the threegears slack portion 28 of thepulley belt 22 can be left loose, or the slack could be controlled by a lightly tensioned follower roller (not shown) that inhibits the jumping of the toothed pulley belt over the second 24 and third 32 pulley wheels. - In the embodiment of
Figure 2 , the rotary actuator is bi-directional, and so thefirst pulley wheel 18 can rotate in either direction, as shown byarrow 20. Further, anadjustable pulley belt 22tensioning roller 186 is provided to enable thetension 26 in thepulley belt 22 to be adjusted. Further, the centre of thepulley wheel 18 is also adjustable 187 to effect adjustment of thetension 26 of thepulley belt 22. It will be appreciated, however that the additional adjustability provided by thetensioning roller 186 or thepulley wheel 18adjuster 187 could be omitted. - Another embodiment of the drive assembly of the invention is shown in
Figure 3 , which comprises all of the features previously described, and so identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition. - In the embodiment of
Figure 3 , two rotary actuators (not shown) are used for driving theassembly 10, and so and additionaltoothed pulley wheel 34 has been added, which is operatively connected to the output of the second rotary actuator (not shown). In this example, the rotary actuators are unidirectional, and are arranged to drive theassembly 10 in opposite directions, as shown byarrows pulley belt 22 extends around all fourpulley wheels portions 26 between: the first 18 and second 24 pulley wheels; between the second 24 and third 32 pulley wheels; and between the third 32 and fourth 34 pulley wheels. Theslack portion 28 is located between the first 18 and fourth 34 pulley wheels. Thetensioned portions 26 of thepulley belt 22, in particular, thetensioned portions 26 between the first 18 and second 24 pulley wheels, and between the third 32 and fourth 34 pulley wheels, urges the teeth (not shown) of the driving 14, 30 gears into constant contact with the teeth (not shown) of the annular drivengear 12. Such an arrangement reduces backlash, and allows thedrive assembly 10 to benefit from the advantages of unidirectional motors/gearboxes (not shown), which are considerably cheaper, less complicated, lower drag etc. than bidirectional gearboxes. -
Figure 4 shows a yet further embodiment of the drive assembly of the invention, which comprises all of the features previously described, and so identical reference signs have been used to identify identical features to avoid repetition. - In
Figure 4 , two unidirectional drive arrangements, similar to that shown inFigure 1 have been used to drive the drivengear 12 in both directions. In this embodiment, there are two rotary actuators (not shown) arranged to drive the driven gear in opposite directions, as shown byarrows pulley belt 22, a drivingpulley wheel 18 and a drivenpulley wheel 24 coaxially and rigidly connected to adriving gear 14 that meshes with the annular drivengear 12. Eachpulley belt 22 has a tensioned 26 and aslack portion 28, as previously described, and so the driving gears' 14 teeth are maintained in constant contact with the teeth of the drivengear 12, thus reducing backlash and play. - It will be appreciated that the driving gears 14, 30 do not need to be coaxial with or unitary with their
respective pulley wheels respective pulley wheels - The embodiment of the geared drive assembly of
Figure 7 shows a yet further configuration in which the drivengear 12 is driven by a pair of driving gears 14, 30 that are independently driven byrotary actuators Figure 7 , the driving gears 14, 30 are driven by therotary actuators - In the embodiment of
Figure 7 , thepulley belt 22 is passive, that is to say, it does not transmit the driving force for the driving gears 14, 30, but merely serves to bias their respective teeth into engagement with the corresponding teeth of the drivengear 12, for example, as shown inFigure 6 . InFigure 7 , as in all of the foregoing embodiments, thepulley belt 22 extends around apulley wheel 18 and has a tensionedportion 26 and a slack portion. Thetension 26 can be obtained by adjusting 184 the centre of thepulley wheel 18, or using atensioning roller 186, as shown. - Thus, the arrangement of
Figure 7 allows the drivengear 12 to be driven in opposite directions by the two driving gears 14, 34, which are either directly or indirectly driven by their respectiverotary actuators pulley belt 22 maintains driving gears in permanent mating engagement with the drivengear 12 along a preferred or ideal mating line for the gear geometry. - A yet further embodiment of a geared drive assembly in accordance with the invention is shown in
Figure 8 , whereby the driving gears 14, 30 are arranged to mesh with secondary driving gears 17, 33, which are rigidly coaxial with a third set of tertiary driving gears 15, 31 that mesh with the drivengear 12. In the embodiment ofFigure 8 , thepulley belt 22 comprises a pair of tensionedportions 26 extending between the driving gears 14, 30 and afirst pulley wheel 18 that is driven to rotate directly by a bidirectional motor (not shown). Thepulley belt 22 serves to bias the teeth of the driving gears 14, 30 into engagement from opposite directions, with the secondary driving gears 17, 33. The biasing force is thus transmitted to the tertiary driving gears 15, 31 which are thus biased into engagement, from opposite directions, with the teeth of the drivengear 12, as previously described. Thus, the biasing force of the pulley belt can be used to enable a single, bi-directional motor drive the drivengear 12 in opposite directions without backlash, in which the driving force is transmitted between the motor and the drivengear 12 via thepulley belt 22 and the driving gears 14, 30, secondary driving gears 17, 33 and the tertiary driving gears 15, 31. Such an arrangement conveniently provides for backlash-free gearing of the motor to the drivengear 12. - The drive assemblies shown herein are merely exemplary embodiments of the invention and it will be readily apparent that the relative sizes and positions of the gears, pulleys and pulley belt could be changed without departing from the scope of the invention.
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- A geared drive assembly (10) comprising:a driven gear (12);first (14) and second (30) driving gears for driving the driven gear (12) in opposite directions, each driving gear (14, 30) comprising a toothed pulley wheel (24, 32) rigidly and coaxially connected to the respective driving gear (14);a rotary actuator; anda toothed pulley belt (22), whose teeth are complimentary with the teeth of the toothed pulley wheels (24, 32), which connects the toothed pulley wheels (24, 32) to the rotary actuator via a further toothed pulley wheel (18) of the rotary actuator, characterised by:parts (26) of the toothed pulley belt (22) between the further pulley wheel (18) of the rotary actuator and the toothed pulley wheels (24, 32) being tensioned so as to bias, in opposite directions, the teeth of the driving gears (14, 30) into engagement with the teeth of the driven gear (12), and bya part (28) of the toothed pulley belt (22) between the driving gears (14, 30) being slack so as to not disengage the teeth of the driving gears (14, 30) from the teeth of the driven gear (12).
- The geared drive assembly of any of claim 1, wherein the rotary actuator comprises a bi-directional rotary actuator.
- The geared drive assembly of claim 1, further comprising a fourth pulley wheel (34) of a second rotary actuator, and wherein the pulley belt (22) encircles the first (18), second (24) third (32) and fourth (34) pulley wheels, and wherein the pulley belt (22) comprises a first tensioned portion (26) extending between the first pulley wheel (18) and the second pulley wheel (24), a second tensioned portion (26) extending between the second pulley wheel (24) and the third pulley wheel (32), a third tensioned portion (26) extending between the third pulley wheel (32) and the fourth pulley wheel (34) and a slack portion (28) extending between the fourth pulley wheel (34) and the first pulley wheel (18).
- The geared drive assembly (10) of claim 3, wherein the rotary actuators comprise unidirectional motors arranged, in use, to drive their respective toothed pulley wheels (18, 34) in opposite directions.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the gears comprise any one or more of the group consisting of: part-helical gears; inclined gears; and cross-axial gears.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the rotary actuator comprises an electric motor.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of claim 6, wherein the rotary actuator comprises a stepper motor.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the rotary actuator comprises a gearbox.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the tensioned pulley belt portion (26) is obtained by any one or more of the group comprising: the rotational displacement of one or more of the drive gears (14, 30) relative to the driven gear (12); relative movement of the first (18), second (24) and third (32) pulley wheels; and a pulley belt tensioning roller (186).
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, wherein driven gear (12) comprises an annular gear having a through hole (16) therein.
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any preceding claim, further comprising additional gearing interposed between the driving gears (14, 30) and their respective pulley wheels (24, 32).
- The geared drive assembly (10) of any of claims 1 to 10, further comprising additional gearing (15, 17, 31, 33) interposed between the driving gears (14, 30) and the driven gear (12).
- The geared drive assembly (10) of claim 12 comprising secondary gears (17, 33) arranged to mesh with the driving gears (14, 30), and wherein the secondary gears (17, 33) are rigidly and coaxially connected to tertiary driving gears (15, 31) that in turn mesh with the driven gear (12).
- A camera mount assembly comprising a motorised mechanism for adjusting the orientation, in use, of a camera affixed to the camera mount assembly, the motorised mechanism comprising a geared drive assembly (10) according to any preceding claim, and further comprising a pan/tilt head of a camera support.
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